---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 61 Students with Disabilities Accommodations Funding"
description: "S.B. 61 Students with Disabilities Accommodations Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 61"
citation: "Utah S.B. 61 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "Health", "Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Gene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd78fa99-3bcd-44b8-84d4-765ffe642c3f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0061.html"
source_hash: "1f88ef6baf448bafabead6322c9ba109739596a67e8cc943c9d6ffb98210cc6f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah S.B. 61 (2017) — S.B. 61 Students with Disabilities Accommodations Funding

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillint/SB0061S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0061.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Returned to Rules — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–3** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **61–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Davis, Gene — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-26** to House
- **2017-01-26** received from Senate
- **2017-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2017-02-06** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2017-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2017-03-07** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** substituted from # 0 to # 3
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-03-09** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd78fa99-3bcd-44b8-84d4-765ffe642c3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).